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R. MCDONALD 82; G. FRASER.

BAKING OVEN.

Patented June 2, 1885 lUNTTn STnTns PATENT RONALD MCDONALD AND CAMERON FRASER, OF PORT HAWKESBURY, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA.

BAKING-OVEN.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent E0. 319,003, dated June 2, 183

Application filed March 10, 1585. (No modcl.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, RONALD :MCDONALD and CAMERON FRASER, citizens of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Port Hawkesbury, in the Island of Cape Breton and Province of Nova Scotia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Baking Ovens, of which the following is a specification, referones being had to the accompanying drawings.

Our invent-ion relates to an improvement in baking-ovens, designed to be set upon thetop of a stove when in use; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an oven embodying our invention, showing the door partly open. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same.

A representsa rectangular box or case that is made of sheet metal, and has a curved top, in which is made an opening that is covered w1th a glass pane, B.

A door, 0, is hinged to one end ot the oven, and it is also provided with a perforated bottom, D,which is raised aslight distance above the lower edges of the walls of the oven.

Above the bottom D,and at a slight distance therefrom, is a plate, E, the side and end walls of which are perforated, as at e.

A tray, F, is supported a slight distance above the plate D, and at a slight distance above the bottom of the tray is supported a 5 false bottom or plate, G.

bread, cake, or meat is placed, and the pan is placed on the false bottom of the tray, and the oven is placed upon the top of the stove.

The heat from the stove rises through the perforated bottom and circulates under and over the baking-pan and bakes the contents in a very short time.

The glass pane in the top of the oven enables the cook to see at a glance the progress of the baking, and thus avoids the necessity of opening the door.

An oven thus constructed is cheap and simpie, is adapted to be used in connection with ordinary stoves, and is thoroughly practical V and efficient in operation.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- 1. The oven having the perforated bottom, the deflecting-plate E, supported horizontally above the bottom, and the tray F, supported horizontally above the plate E, substantially as described.

2. The oven having the perforated bottom, the deflecting-plate E, supported horizontally above the bottom, and the tray F, supported horizontally above the plate B, said tray having the false bottom G, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto aiiixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

RONALD MCDON ALD. CAMERON FRASER. Witnesses:

A. Barn, 0. W. DASHIELL. 

